DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 2147 Joined: 09-May-2009 Last visit: 28-Oct-2024 Location: the shire, England
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Hi y'all, It seems like there are some really bright and enquiring minds here on the Nexus, which I dig... I'm assuming quite a few of you like working with plants, so thought I would provide a link to this postgraduate MSc course in Ethnobotany at Kent. The only Masters degree of its kind in the UK...you work in association with the uni Anthroplogy department, DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) and Kew Gardens in London. Following my BSc this is my future plan...I have already got in contact witht hem, and if I graduate with a decent degree, may well be able to conduct postgraduate research with ayahuasca which I think would be pretty amazing. I thought I'd just provide the link for anyone who may be interested... http://www.kent.ac.uk/an...nts/courses/pgethno.html
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Teotzlcoatl
Posts: 2462 Joined: 08-Jul-2008 Last visit: 24-Jun-2011 Location: South-Eastern U.S.A.
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I'm already getting a degree in ethnobotany of sorts (I'd tell y'all where, but that would be disclose my location). Currently studying botany, pharmacology, horticulture and lots of other subjects. My major is in botany. Perhaps after I get my 4-year degree in botany here in the States I can go to Europe and get my Masters in ethnobotany! WARNING: DO NOT INGEST ANY BOTANICAL WHICH YOU HAVE NOT FULLY RESEARCHED AND CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED!!!I am Teotzlcoatl, older cousin of Quetzalcoatl. My most famous physical incarnation was Nezahualcoyotl, but I have taken many forms since the dawn of the cosmos. In this realm I manifest as multiple entities at a single time. I am many, I am numbered. I am few, but more than one. I am a multifaceted being, a winged serpent with many heads. We are Teotzlcoatl. "We Are The One's We've Been Waiting For" - Hopi Proverb
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Posts: 296 Joined: 25-May-2008 Last visit: 04-Aug-2013
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You guys rock!
Ethnobotany should feel a special urgency because of the ongoing mass extinction of species and cultures.
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Teotzlcoatl
Posts: 2462 Joined: 08-Jul-2008 Last visit: 24-Jun-2011 Location: South-Eastern U.S.A.
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Yup, which is incredibly depressing for an up and coming ethnobotanist! WARNING: DO NOT INGEST ANY BOTANICAL WHICH YOU HAVE NOT FULLY RESEARCHED AND CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED!!!I am Teotzlcoatl, older cousin of Quetzalcoatl. My most famous physical incarnation was Nezahualcoyotl, but I have taken many forms since the dawn of the cosmos. In this realm I manifest as multiple entities at a single time. I am many, I am numbered. I am few, but more than one. I am a multifaceted being, a winged serpent with many heads. We are Teotzlcoatl. "We Are The One's We've Been Waiting For" - Hopi Proverb
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Posts: 296 Joined: 25-May-2008 Last visit: 04-Aug-2013
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Maybe. It could be motivating too. What if you are the last generation of ethnobotanists who can actually interview elders with memories of pre-contact times? This means you gotta get to recording this ancient knowledge now before it is gone.
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Teotzlcoatl
Posts: 2462 Joined: 08-Jul-2008 Last visit: 24-Jun-2011 Location: South-Eastern U.S.A.
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It just feels like too huge of a job! I can barely take care of all the botanicals I have now! It is a CONSTANT job! WARNING: DO NOT INGEST ANY BOTANICAL WHICH YOU HAVE NOT FULLY RESEARCHED AND CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED!!!I am Teotzlcoatl, older cousin of Quetzalcoatl. My most famous physical incarnation was Nezahualcoyotl, but I have taken many forms since the dawn of the cosmos. In this realm I manifest as multiple entities at a single time. I am many, I am numbered. I am few, but more than one. I am a multifaceted being, a winged serpent with many heads. We are Teotzlcoatl. "We Are The One's We've Been Waiting For" - Hopi Proverb
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DMT-Nexus member
Posts: 2147 Joined: 09-May-2009 Last visit: 28-Oct-2024 Location: the shire, England
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Yo guys,
Its is a big job, but I think we could do with a lot more people studying plants and our species' interactions with them...everytime the last shaman of a dying tribe dies, its like a library of ethnobotanical knowledge dies with him, forever...letalone plant species that go extinct...more people should be safe guarding these people, their knoweldge, and plants in general.
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Teotzlcoatl
Posts: 2462 Joined: 08-Jul-2008 Last visit: 24-Jun-2011 Location: South-Eastern U.S.A.
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Quote:..everytime the last shaman of a dying tribe dies, its like a library of ethnobotanical knowledge dies with him, forever Exactly! This is why I'm so into botanicals! We may find something out there BETTER than DMT! I just think some of you forget where entheogens REALLY came from! Not from some beaker in a lab... but from the plants, cacti and fungi of the Earth! WARNING: DO NOT INGEST ANY BOTANICAL WHICH YOU HAVE NOT FULLY RESEARCHED AND CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED!!!I am Teotzlcoatl, older cousin of Quetzalcoatl. My most famous physical incarnation was Nezahualcoyotl, but I have taken many forms since the dawn of the cosmos. In this realm I manifest as multiple entities at a single time. I am many, I am numbered. I am few, but more than one. I am a multifaceted being, a winged serpent with many heads. We are Teotzlcoatl. "We Are The One's We've Been Waiting For" - Hopi Proverb
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Posts: 90 Joined: 20-Apr-2012 Last visit: 28-Dec-2015 Location: south africa
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I realize that this topic is extremly old, but do you have to study something before going into ethnobotany or is it possible studying it first then something else? Explore the limits of the mind...
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Homo-divinorum
Posts: 459 Joined: 07-Apr-2011 Last visit: 05-May-2020 Location: Midwestern U.S.
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I am working towards my BS in Botany, and I will minor in Anthropology. Unless you go to one of the two schools that offer a degree in Ethnobotany, then botany and anthro should be your path. Hopefully I will be able to go to one of the two schools that do offer it to obtain a masters. For right now, It looks like independent studies alongside my schooling will have to do. Ethnobotanists unite!! Let the plants guide you, for they teach lessons beyond what we humans can offer.
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